The flotation of fine pyrite using colloidal gas aphrons

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-241

  Cilliers, J J ^a   Bradshaw, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fine particle processing; Flotation bubbles; Flotation froths; Flotation kinetics; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; COLLOIDS; FROTH FLOTATION; KINETIC THEORY; ORES; PH; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

COLLOIDAL GAS APHRONS; FINE PARTICLE PROCESSING; FLOTATION BUBBLES; FLOTATION KINETICS; SODIUM PROPYL XANTHATE; SPINNING DISC IMPELLER; SULFIDE ORES;

PYRITES;

EID: 0030084181     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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